Bethenny Frankel, Serena Williams and Meghan McCain lead celebs divided over Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s interview
Bethenny Frankel, Serena Williams and Meghan McCain were some of the stars left divided over Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's interview with Oprah.
and Harry about the in a two-hour CBS broadcast on Sunday.
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told Oprah at the height of her crisis with the monarchy.
She also revealed there were "several conversations" about her son Archie's skin color.
After the interview aired, alum backtracked on her previous digs at Meghan.
She tweeted: "I watched Meghan & Harry sit down."
The reality star wet on: "Emotional distress & racism must feel suffocating & powerless. I'm a polarizing, unfiltered (often to a fault) flawed person with a voice.
"When I heard of the interview,during a pandemic, it felt like a surprising choice. I'm sorry if it hurt or offended you."
Bethenny , accusing her of "suffering in a palace".
"Cry me a river... the plight of being a game show host, fairly unknown actress, to suffering in a palace, [with] tiaras & 7 figure weddings for TWO WHOLE YEARS to being a household name [with] @Oprah on speed dial, fetching 7m for interviews, hundreds of millions in media deals." she wrote.
Meanwhile, Meghan's best friend Jessica Mulroney, who met the Duchess of Sussex while filming Suits in Toronto, – both dressed in white – at a restaurant.
She wrote: "I don’t know that anyone has ever had to deal with the pressure, the politics and the press like this woman.
"In the face of it all, I have never seen her waver from kindness, empathy and love."
Meghan's good friend, tennis ace Serena also and said she's had her own experiences with "systemic oppression".
"Meghan Markle, my selfless friend, lives her life - and leads by example - with empathy and compassion," the athlete tweeted.
“She teaches me every day what it means to be truly noble. Her words illustrate the pain and cruelty she's experienced.
“The mental health consequences of systemic oppression and victimisation are devastating, isolating and all too often lethal.
“I want Meghan's daughter, my daughter and your daughter to live in a society that is driven by respect."
Serena concluded: “Keep in your memory the fruitage of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.”
The pair have been friends for years, and first met at the Super Bowl in Miami in 2010.
The View star Meghan also spoke out in favor of the Sussexes.
"Monarchy has been an archaic and toxic concept since 1776," she wrote, alongside a clip from the musical Hamilton, which is set during the Revolutionary War.
Joe Biden's inauguration poet Amanda Gorman posted: "Meghan was the Crown's greatest opportunity for change, regeneration, and reconciliation in a new era. They didn't just maltreat her light--they missed out on it.
"Unclear if this will change the Royal family, but Meghan's strength will certainly redefine family everywhere.
"Think of the women who will be inspired to stand up for their lives, the partners who will be kinder & more courageous than the kin they were born into."
Other celebrities slammed the interview and branded it a "gross disaster".
Meghan McCain's husband, conservative commentator Ben Domenech, called Markle a "liar" and added: "Meghan Markle is a gross disaster and she will absolutely divorce Harry within the next year."
Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly expressed skepticism at Meghan's claim that she never Googled Harry and wasn't clued up on the Royal Family.
"Meghan Markle had no idea the Queen was different than a Hollywood celebrity? And she never googled Harry? Umm... ?" she tweeted.
Megyn also slammed Oprah for not probing further over the couple's claims that some members of the Royal Family were "jealous" of Meghan's popularity during a trip to Australia and that discussions were had over the "skin tone" of their son, Archie.
"Oprah stayed too broad - I wanted more. Be specific. Who was jealous of Meghan after Australia? How did you know that?" Megyn posted.
"What do you mean your family haven't 'educated themselves' the way you have? They're racists? WHO?"
Elsewhere in the interview, Meghan and Harry repeatedly expressed that much of the negative publicity the former actress received stemmed from racism.
Comedian Terrence K. Williams hit back at the couple for using the "race card".
"This royal family drama is so stupid. Meghan Markle is a gold digger & super liberal," he tweeted.
"She's accusing the Royal Family of racism. She's wants us to believe she was a slave in the U.K. Well she is one wealthy slave. The race card is getting pretty old."
During the interview, Meghan broke down in tears and admitted she "didn't want to be alive" while she was six months pregnant with Archie.
The Duchess of Sussex said she begged for help from the Firm after struggling with her mental health and said it was her husband who "saved" her.
Meghan revealed: “I was ashamed to say it at the time and ashamed to have to admit it to Harry because of how much loss he suffered.
“But I knew that if I didn’t say it I would do it - because I just didn’t want to be alive anymore.
“I didn’t want to be alive anymore. That was a very clear and real and frightening, constant thought. And I remember, I remember how he just cradled me."
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She added that Harry, 36, "saved" her by ultimately quitting the Royal Family".
"I think he saved all of us," she said.
"He ultimately called it - we've got to find a way for us, for Archie and you made a decision that certainly saved my life and saved all of us. You need to want to be saved."
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